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Donora Digital Collection: Outside the Mills

Left: Aerial view of the Blast Furnace and Wire Works in Donora, PA, 1940s.Right: Aerial close-up of the Wire Works, Open Hearth, Blooming Mill, and the "horseshoe bend" on the Monongahela River, 1940s.

Left: A Department of Defense aerial photo of the Donora and Webster area, 1941.Right: A 1950 Health Department bulletin showing nurse visits during the smog incident.

Left: An August V. Siren photo of the Monongahela River and the Wire Works plant, taken from Route 201 in Webster, PA.Right: August V. Siren close-up of the Wire Works plant from Route 201 across the Monongahela River.

Photo: Two merged photos showing pre-demolition and post-demolition of the Zinc Works, taken from Heslop Avenue in Donora, PA.

Left: Zinc Works stack construction site.Center: Photo of a wheelbarrow and a worker.Right: Workers at the Donora Wire Works, taken on July 18, 1925.

Left: Construction in the Rod Yard.Center: Mill workers outside on construction site.Right: Man on the monorail working with a rope pulley.

Left: Close-up of a worker turning a gauge at the Blast Furnace.Right: Man on ground next to a train.

Left: Power Plant.Right: Donora Construction Company and its trucks.

Left: August V. Siren photograph of the Open Hearth and Blooming Mill from across the Monongahela River, on Route 201.Right: Photograph of the Wire Works from across the Monogahela River, on Route 201.